Car mover device



March 21, 1933. o. w. MILLER CAR MOVER DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledJan. 10, 1931 .1? 1 lHiaa WNW I LIL NR n NN R v u \MNW March 21, 1933.o. w. MILLER 1,902,658

GAR MOVER DEVICE Filed Jan. 10, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 OIYcarlMWiZZarPatented Mar. 21, 1933 I T f "UNITED STATES OSCAR W. MILLER, OFAPPLETbEhl', WISCONSIN CAR MOVER DEVICE Application filed January 10,193 1.. Seria1 No. 507,889.

This invention relates to an improved car moving device.

One of the objects of the present invention is the provision of animproved car moving device which includes an improved arch link,together with an improvement in the connection bet-ween the arch linkand the operating lever, whereby the arch link can be easily actuatedunder a heavy load, and the shoe of the device is so arranged that boththe nose of the shoe and the arch link operate as a unit upon actuationof the operating lever, to facilitate the moving of a car through theengagement of the wheels thereof.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improvedcar moving device, wherein the shoe is provided with gripping membersarranged in a novel manner to serve as an advantage in gripping therail, as opposed gripping members are provided and arranged at an anglerelative to each other and disposed at an angle to the longitudinalcenter of the shoe. 7 A further object of the invention is the provisionof an improved car moving device, wherein the arch link is pivoted atone end of the main shoe and is provided at the other end with a slot inwhich a roller operates, :the roller being carried by the inner end ofthe actuating lever and arranged adjacent the pivot point of the lever,so that when the device is used, the nose of the shoe and arch linkoperate as a unit to assist in turning and pushing the car wheel. I Withthe above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, the combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claim and shown inthe accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a car moving device, constructed inaccordance with my invention; Figure 2 is a bottom plan view, with partsthereof broken away and illustrated in cross section;

Figure 3 is a detailed longitudinal sectional view; v I Figure 4 is adetailed transverse section on the line 44 of Figure 2; and,

Figure 5 is a detailed 5 5 of Figure 3.

The shoe 1 illustrated in theaccompanying drawings is providedwith atransverse cen: tralportion 2 having a V-shaped recess 3 and alongitudinalfrecess' l. The portion 2 is 'provided; with a tail piece 5and detachably engaged'with this tail piece 5 is the retaining plate 6,the forward end of which is disposed at an angle, as shown at? andinserted within the recess 4. v

' The V-shaped portionsB which are formed inthe central portion 2 aredisposed at an angle relative to the longitudinal center of the shoe andreceivetherein the substantially diamond shaped gripping members 8 incross section, one portion of which fits withineach recess 3, as shownin Figures 3 and 4, while the opposing portion is engaged by theretainingplate 6 with the outer sharpedge 9 of each gripping memberbeing extended beyond the outer surface of the plate 6 to prosection onthe line vide a gripping surface for the entire device which will engagethe rail beneath thecar wheel being operated upon;

The shoe 1 tapers to a nose portion 10 and pivoted between the sideportions of this nose is the forward end of the arch link 11.

The arch link 11 is provided upon its upper surface-with an inclined andslightly rounded engaging surface'12, while the inner end thereof issomewhat enlarged and provided with anelongated slot 13 adapted toreceive the roller 14 carriedby the transverse pin 15whichis supportedin the inner end of the socket 17 ears 16 at the The'socket 17 isadapted to receive the inner tapered end 18 of an operating lever,'and

the socket 17 is provided with a solid tapered portion- 19 which hasextending transversely therethrough a pivot pin 20 which also passesthrough the'spaced bearings 21 at the rear end of the shoe. 7 V g gWhile the shoe l is described as a single piece of material, it will benoted that the same includes the parallel side members 22 Which'arepreferably integrally connected by I the central part or portion 2. Theplate 6 is detachably connected to the tail portion 5 of the centralportion 2 by means of the clamping bolt 6, whereby it will be noted thatthe friction roller received within the closed slot plate 6 can bequickly removed from its conof the lift link.

nection with thefcentral portion so that the In testimony'that I claimthe foregoing I gripping members 8 can be reversed to dishave hereuntoset my hand at Appleton, in

exterior of the plate 6 with a sharper edge. consin.

10 before it is necessary to discard these gripping members and replacethem with new ones.

In Figure 2, it will be noted that the grip- I OSCAR we MILLER.

ping members 8 are disposed at an outwardly o inclined angle uponopposite sides of the longitudinal center of the central portion 2. Thisarrangement of these gripping members provides a very secure grip onthe'upper surface of the rail, while the arch link and the nose of theshoe are engaged with the car wheel. Attention is directed to the factthat the relativepositions of these grippingv members may be reversed orthey maybe inclined in the direction opposite that shown 2min Figure 2.

The device as described and illustrated is comparatively simple inconstruction, but the advantages obtained for engaging the device with acar wheel and operating upon a car 303wheel, will prove quite anadvantage and.

.will operate as a unit.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be apparent that slight changes may be made in theconstruction when putting the inven- 40 ition into practice withoutdeparting from the spirit of the same or the scope of the ap pendedclaim.

I claim: A car mover comprlslng a shoe having a fulcrum on its lowerface at a point substantially equally distant from its ends, said shoebeing provided with a longitudinally extending slot from one end thereofto the other, an operating lever having its forward end received in theslot and pivotally connected to the rear end of theshoe, the forward endof the lever in advance of the pivot being provided with a longitudinalguide slot, a lift link of substantially bell crank shape receivedwithin said slot, means pivotally connecting the forward end of the liftlink to the forward end of the shoe, the angle portion of the lift linkbeing arranged substantially above the fulcrum of the shoe and oppositethereto,

the rear end of the lift link being provided with a closed slot receivedwithin the slotted end of the lever and closely engaged by the sidewalls of the slot of said lever, and a transversely extending pincarried by the slotted portion of the lever having an antiplace the dulledge which projects beyond the the county of Outagamie and State of Wis-

